Rekurrenz
[ʁekuˈʁɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Rekurrenz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wiederholung sprachlicher Einheiten im Text
Corpus desk
Index DE-rekurrenz · Rekurrenz · German
Rekurrenz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rekurrenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁekuˈʁɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rekurrenz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rekurrenz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁekuˈʁɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Rekurrenz in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rekurrenz, spelled R-E-K-U-R-R-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Wiederholung sprachlicher Einheiten im Text
- 2Wiederholung, mehrfaches Vorkommen von Krankheiten, Symptomen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rekurrenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In einem Text über Haustierhaltung werden semantische Merkmale (Seme) wie [+belebt], [+männlich], [+weiblich] in den Bedeutungen der erwähnten Tiere mehrfach vorkommen und so zum semantischen Zusammenhalt (Isotopie) des Textes beitragen.
Auch die Rekurrenz grammatischer Einheiten (z.B. des gleichen Tempus) kann zum Zusammenhalt der Sätze in Texten beitragen.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.